.NET Core Job Trends in England

.NET Core
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring .NET Core skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 329 204
Rank change year-on-year +97 -125 -57
Permanent jobs citing .NET Core 792 351 984
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.82% 0.80% 1.35%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.35% 4.37% 6.55%
Number of salaries quoted 734 309 801
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,450 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +12.07% -7.20%
75th Percentile £71,627 £82,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £106,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% -4.17%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

.NET Core falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 10,769 8,023 15,030
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.13% 18.34% 20.57%
Number of salaries quoted 8,022 5,363 10,815
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £88,125 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £63,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%

.NET Core
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing .NET Core relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

.NET Core job vacancy trend in England

.NET Core
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing .NET Core.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing .NET Core

.NET Core
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing .NET Core in England over the 6 months to 28 August 2026.

Salary histogram for .NET Core in England

.NET Core
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Core within the England region over the 6 months to 28 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +105 206 £55,000 +10.00% 65
North of England +43 182 £55,000 -8.33% 56
East of England +70 117 £60,000 +20.00% 28
Midlands +43 107 £55,000 -8.33% 30
London -96 95 £80,000 +1.59% 120
South West -19 80 £52,500 - 17
North East +12 79 £65,000 +33.33% 15
North West -12 64 £50,000 -16.67% 32
West Midlands +11 62 £55,000 -8.33% 16
East Midlands +6 45 £52,500 -6.67% 14
Yorkshire -20 39 £47,500 -20.83% 10
.NET Core
UK

.NET Core
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 24 (3.03%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.26%) IIS
3 7 (0.88%) CMS
3 7 (0.88%) Confluence
4 4 (0.51%) Sitecore CMS
4 4 (0.51%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.38%) DNN
5 3 (0.38%) EPiServer
5 3 (0.38%) Immediacy CMS
5 3 (0.38%) Kentico
5 3 (0.38%) Sitefinity
6 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.25%) Magento
1 2 (0.25%) Sage 200
1 2 (0.25%) Shopify
2 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 648 (81.82%) Azure
2 224 (28.28%) Azure DevOps
3 156 (19.70%) GitHub
4 138 (17.42%) GitHub Copilot
5 136 (17.17%) AWS
6 134 (16.92%) Azure AI
7 77 (9.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 45 (5.68%) Azure Logic Apps
8 45 (5.68%) Power Platform
9 34 (4.29%) Power Automate
10 32 (4.04%) Azure Service Bus
11 30 (3.79%) PowerApps
12 27 (3.41%) Azure Monitor
13 23 (2.90%) SaaS
14 22 (2.78%) Azure Key Vault
14 22 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
15 20 (2.53%) Azure Data Factory
15 20 (2.53%) Serverless
16 19 (2.40%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 19 (2.40%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 46 (5.81%) Internet
2 7 (0.88%) Hyperconnected
3 3 (0.38%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.25%) Firewall
5 1 (0.13%) HTTP
5 1 (0.13%) Modbus
5 1 (0.13%) Network Security
5 1 (0.13%) SSL
5 1 (0.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 447 (56.44%) Azure SQL Database
2 373 (47.10%) MongoDB
3 154 (19.44%) Elasticsearch
4 143 (18.06%) SQL Server
5 36 (4.55%) Power BI
6 23 (2.90%) MySQL
7 22 (2.78%) Relational Database
8 18 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (1.52%) NoSQL
10 11 (1.39%) NonStop SQL
10 11 (1.39%) Redis
11 8 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (0.88%) Geospatial Data
12 7 (0.88%) GIS
13 4 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.38%) Crystal Reports
14 3 (0.38%) ZAP BI
15 2 (0.25%) MariaDB
16 1 (0.13%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 72 (9.09%) Git
2 15 (1.89%) JIRA
3 13 (1.64%) NUnit
4 10 (1.26%) GitLab
5 7 (0.88%) MSI
5 7 (0.88%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.76%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.63%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.63%) Postman
7 5 (0.63%) Snyk
8 3 (0.38%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.38%) JUnit
8 3 (0.38%) Selenium
8 3 (0.38%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.38%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.13%) MSTest
9 1 (0.13%) Vite
General
1 117 (14.77%) Finance
2 81 (10.23%) Social Skills
3 57 (7.20%) Advertising
4 44 (5.56%) Games
5 41 (5.18%) Marketing
6 33 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (4.17%) Retail
7 30 (3.79%) Analytical Skills
8 24 (3.03%) Public Sector
9 22 (2.78%) Law
10 14 (1.77%) Aerospace
10 14 (1.77%) Banking
11 11 (1.39%) Music Industry
12 10 (1.26%) Legal
13 8 (1.01%) Automotive
13 8 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.63%) Local Government
14 5 (0.63%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.51%) Electronics
15 4 (0.51%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 666 (84.09%) Developer
2 527 (66.54%) .NET Developer
3 108 (13.64%) Senior
4 90 (11.36%) Software Developer
5 73 (9.22%) Senior Developer
6 62 (7.83%) C# Developer
7 54 (6.82%) Lead
8 47 (5.93%) C# .NET Developer
9 38 (4.80%) Full-Stack Developer
10 36 (4.55%) Software Engineer
11 35 (4.42%) Lead Developer
12 27 (3.41%) .NET Software Developer
13 26 (3.28%) Senior C# Developer
14 23 (2.90%) Senior Software Developer
15 20 (2.53%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 20 (2.53%) Senior .NET Developer
16 18 (2.27%) C# Software Developer
16 18 (2.27%) Lead .NET Developer
17 17 (2.15%) .NET Software Engineer
18 16 (2.02%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 792 (100.00%) .NET
2 518 (65.40%) ASP.NET
3 450 (56.82%) ASP.NET Core
4 236 (29.80%) CSS
5 234 (29.55%) HTML
6 221 (27.90%) Entity Framework
7 215 (27.15%) Blazor
8 204 (25.76%) React
9 187 (23.61%) AngularJS
10 185 (23.36%) RESTful
11 171 (21.59%) ASP.NET Web API
12 169 (21.34%) Vue
13 159 (20.08%) Node.js
14 140 (17.68%) .NET Framework
15 134 (16.92%) ML.NET
16 108 (13.64%) LINQ
17 71 (8.96%) REST
18 45 (5.68%) JSON
19 36 (4.55%) WPF
20 28 (3.54%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 87 (10.98%) Greenfield Project
2 63 (7.95%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
4 20 (2.53%) Digital TV
4 20 (2.53%) Mobile App
5 19 (2.40%) Cloud Native
6 17 (2.15%) iPhone
7 15 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (1.89%) Product Ownership
8 12 (1.52%) Social Network
8 12 (1.52%) Sports Betting
9 11 (1.39%) BBC
9 11 (1.39%) Hedge funds
9 11 (1.39%) Social Media
10 10 (1.26%) Low-Code
10 10 (1.26%) Onboarding
11 8 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (0.88%) Algorithms
12 7 (0.88%) Client/Server
12 7 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 22 (2.78%) Windows
2 17 (2.15%) Android
3 4 (0.51%) Linux
4 3 (0.38%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 519 (65.53%) Full-Stack Development
2 415 (52.40%) Agile
3 271 (34.22%) CI/CD
4 269 (33.96%) DevOps
5 215 (27.15%) Microservices
6 167 (21.09%) AI
7 154 (19.44%) Machine Learning
8 146 (18.43%) Multithreading
9 102 (12.88%) Scrum
10 95 (11.99%) Software Engineering
11 87 (10.98%) OO
12 84 (10.61%) TDD
13 68 (8.59%) BDD
14 63 (7.95%) Kanban
15 62 (7.83%) User Experience
16 58 (7.32%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
17 56 (7.07%) Problem-Solving
18 52 (6.57%) Mentoring
19 50 (6.31%) Continuous Improvement
20 49 (6.19%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 738 (93.18%) C#
2 518 (65.40%) SQL
3 257 (32.45%) JavaScript
4 210 (26.52%) TypeScript
5 30 (3.79%) PowerShell
6 28 (3.54%) Python
7 14 (1.77%) Java
7 14 (1.77%) T-SQL
8 7 (0.88%) Bicep
9 6 (0.76%) Bash
9 6 (0.76%) VBA
10 4 (0.51%) Kotlin
10 4 (0.51%) Ruby
10 4 (0.51%) VB.NET
11 3 (0.38%) Go
12 2 (0.25%) C
12 2 (0.25%) Dart
12 2 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.25%) PHP
12 2 (0.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 65 (8.21%) Degree
2 28 (3.54%) SC Cleared
2 28 (3.54%) Security Cleared
3 25 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (1.14%) Master's Degree
5 6 (0.76%) AWS Certification
6 3 (0.38%) Azure Certification
6 3 (0.38%) ICAEW
6 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (0.38%) OCP
6 3 (0.38%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (0.25%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (3.79%) QA
2 25 (3.16%) Accessibility
3 7 (0.88%) NCSC
3 7 (0.88%) WCAG
4 4 (0.51%) GDPR
5 3 (0.38%) NIST
6 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.13%) ITGC
7 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 195 (24.62%) Docker
Systems Management
1 178 (22.47%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.38%) Ansible
2 3 (0.38%) Grafana
2 3 (0.38%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 524 (66.16%) Microsoft
2 53 (6.69%) Facebook
3 46 (5.81%) Google
4 21 (2.65%) YouTube
5 19 (2.40%) Adobe
6 11 (1.39%) Apple
6 11 (1.39%) Sony
6 11 (1.39%) Yahoo!
7 6 (0.76%) OpenAI
7 6 (0.76%) Red Hat
8 4 (0.51%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (0.51%) Sitecore
8 4 (0.51%) Workday
9 3 (0.38%) Alterian
9 3 (0.38%) Optimizely
9 3 (0.38%) Splunk
10 2 (0.25%) Databricks
10 2 (0.25%) Oracle
10 2 (0.25%) Sage
10 2 (0.25%) Veracode